[The funeral of Maria Clementina Sobieski] Parentalia Mariae Clementinae Magn. Britan. Franc., et Hibern. Regin.Iussu Clementis XII. Pont. Max.
In Roma appresso Giovanni Maria Salvioni Stampator Vaticano M.DCC.XXXVI [1736].
Scarce folio, original boards, but disbound; engr. title, pp. xxxi (text in Latin & Italian), two folding engr. plates. Complete. Tear to one plate, damp staining throughout, damage to text pages. Country house condition.
A commemoration of the lavish state funeral in Rome for Maria Clementina Sobieski (1702-35), wife of the ''Old Pretender'', here regarded by Pope Clement XII as the legitimate queen of England. The folding plates depict the interior of the Church of the Twelve Apostles with Maria Clementina lying in state, and the funeral procession from there to St. Peter's. Maria Clementina, the granddaughter of John III Sobiestki of Poland, married James Francis Edward Stuart in 1719. The couple set up their Jacobite court in Rome, having two children (including Bonnie Prince Charlie) before her death aged 32.
[Ref: 53847] £1,200.00
Scarce folio, original boards, but disbound; engr. title, pp. xxxi (text in Latin & Italian), two folding engr. plates. Complete. Tear to one plate, damp staining throughout, damage to text pages. Country house condition.
A commemoration of the lavish state funeral in Rome for Maria Clementina Sobieski (1702-35), wife of the ''Old Pretender'', here regarded by Pope Clement XII as the legitimate queen of England. The folding plates depict the interior of the Church of the Twelve Apostles with Maria Clementina lying in state, and the funeral procession from there to St. Peter's. Maria Clementina, the granddaughter of John III Sobiestki of Poland, married James Francis Edward Stuart in 1719. The couple set up their Jacobite court in Rome, having two children (including Bonnie Prince Charlie) before her death aged 32.
[Ref: 53847] £1,200.00